Violet Fire

Pub 1989-05-01 359 English HarperCollins US Lady Sarah Baines was devoted to her mother and her family home. Chavensworth Douglas Eston was devoted to making a fortune and inventing The two of them are married.. when Lady Sarah's father proposes the match and threatens to send Lady Sarah's ill mother to Scotland if she protests. Douglas finds himself the victim of love at first sight. while Sarah thinks her husband is much too. well. earthy for her tastes. Marriage is simply something she had to do to ensure her mother's well-being. and even when her mother dies in the next week. it's not a sacrifice she regrets. She can not. however. simply write her mother ' s relatives and inform them of her death She convinces Douglas -. an ex pat Scot - to return to Scotland with her. to a place called Kilmarin At Kilmarin. she is given the Tulloch Sgth...